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Record audience for Paralympics Opening Ceremony, The Voice tops entertainment

Zanda Wilson

August 25, 2021 10:30

The Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympics brought 643,000 metro viewers to Seven overnight, easily setting a record for the biggest audience of any edition of the Paralympics.

The previous record was the 465,000 who tuned in to the 2008 Beijing opening ceremony on the ABC. The performance of the Paralympics, as well as the continued strength of The Voice, gave Seven an easy win on Tuesday night.

The colors of the #TokyoParalympics 🤩@Tokyo2020 x #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/DBxarYRnae

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Zanda Wilson was a reporter and podcast producer at Mumbrella, specialising in radio reporting. He left Mumbrella in September 2021.

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Australian Survivor Nine Paralympics Seven Ten The Block The Hundred with Andy Lee The Voice The Voice Australia

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